Although
much has been said about the demographic composition of the United States Congress, much less has been said about the thousands of staffers who work behind the scenes, drafting legislation, interacting with constituents, and advising their congressperson. The National Journal has created
two infographics that attempt to describe this silent, but influential workforce.
posted by schmod
on Jun 20, 2011 -
19 comments
Third parties spoil elections for some guys trying to run for office. It seems that from reading
CNN election results, some people were able to get votes while not running with a D or R. Some of the notables (not including Bernie Sanders (I-VT)) include
Gary Richardson (I-OK) who might have
cost Steve Largent the election,
Tim Penny (I-MN) couldn't replace Jesse,
Tom Golisano (I-NY) will need to try again in 2006,
Jim Mahoney (I-AZ) fared well,
Ed Thompson (Libertarian-WI) got over 10%, not bad for being Tommy Thompson's brother, the
MT Senate results were (in order)
Baucus/
Teddy Roosevelt Look-a-like/
Blue Guy/
Green Guy and in the most dubious of all good news for Third Parties,
Jim Traficant loses from behind bars but he got 15%, showing some people like their politicans imprisoned
Three cheers to the third parties!
posted by RobbieFal
on Nov 6, 2002 -
34 comments
Yay! The flag burning amendment is dead , at least for another year. What offends me most is: why did 63 Senators vote for this? Second most: do these people actually believe themselves when they preach that people have fought and died for the flag? I *hope* that no soldiers have fought for the flag, per se; I would hope that our military fights for the ideals of which the flag is a nice, abstract representation.
I've put up
a short page with links to the official Congressional Record transcripts of the debate, for those who are interested. (It gives me reading for my plane ride tomorrow, if I can avoid the calling of my Sims family.)
posted by delfuego
on Mar 29, 2000 -
5 comments
